Odaily Planet Daily News According to two announcements released on Thursday, Shopify has teamed up with Coinbase and Stripe to make it easier for merchants to accept payments in Circle's USDC stablecoin. Stripe said in a press release: "Shoppers will be able to use their favorite crypto wallet to pay with USDC on Base. By default, Stripe will allow merchants to receive stablecoin payments in their preferred local currency and deposit them into their bank accounts like any other payment they receive." Stripe said the service will be open to Shopify merchants in 34 countries. Stripe said that stablecoin payments have settled more than $94 billion in the past two years, during which time monthly payments have grown from less than $2 billion to more than $6.3 billion.